Re: Re: Surgery costs (after insurance) - Kate

[Guest guest]

Diane,

It seems odd to me that your doctor is discouraging you from

aggressively pursuing your insurance company for coverage if it is

clearly medically necessary. Obviously I don't know your dr. or your

insurance provider, but my doctor, from the beginning, told me that if

presented correctly, insurance, specifically on certain carriers, would

cover it. They covered mine and it was not nearly as medically

necessary as yours sounds. I would venture to guess that others on the

site might agree with me. Have other surgeons evaluated the case and

given their input to insurance coverage? Taking out a line of credit on

your house seems like a big deal if you have yet to really explore the

insurance options.

Just my opinion...

Good Luck with everything!

Tova

> Hi Kate.

>

> Thanks for your reply. Good luck with the braces. I haven't had braces

> before... I asked my parents if it was too late to ask for my

> orthodontic

> parental benefit at 40!! My 14 year old daughter is wearing braces. I

> feel

> like others will think I'm going through a mid-life crisis =)

>

> What type of surgery are you having? Any idea when? I'm having lower

> surgery

> for sure...upper is still in question. We'll see what the braces take

> care

> of. I'm thinking surgery will be in about a year. Reading some of

> these

> posts, I'm starting to think my open bite and misaligned jaw maybe

> aren't

> quite so bad afterall =)

>

> Good luck with insurance. I have a six page questionnaire that I have

> to

> fill out for the surgeon to send in w/my insurance request. The

> surgeon's

> office said not to get too hopeful that insurance will cover

> anything. It

> just amazes me that my open bite (teeth only touching in the very

> back and

> then not aligned well at all) and limited opening is okay...would be

> cosmetic. That's why I decided to take out the line of credit...if I

> need

> it, the money is there. I want to get my jaw problem taken care of

> now and

> didn't want to have to wait on insurance.

>

> Take care,

>

> Diane

>

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> >Reply-To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >To: orthognathicsurgerysupport

> >Subject: Re: [Orthognathic Surgery Support    ] RE DIANE:

> [Orthognathic

> >Surgery Support ] Re: Surgery costs (after insurance)

> >Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:03:34 -0500

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